EWG Report || Brain Food || Mercury in Seafood/Coal Power Plants

In my research about fish. I found that the plain water fish are fed my pallets, it may contain chemical compounds animal organs..
However, the Sea Water fish are subject to the pollutions on the sea.

Normally those fish that with scales, the bigger the scale, once it is consume would produce less phlegm. Those fish like

King Mackerel
Spanish mackerel
Marlin
Halibut
Tuna
Swordfish
Oysters...

are no scales, therefore, the LDL (Bad) cholesterol are very high that cause to produce more phlegm after consuming.
According to the Chinese Herbs sutra. Phlegm is the pre-warning of Storke.

So for your great health please take care of the fish that you eat.

Government Seafood Consumption Advice Could Expose 1 In 4 Newborns to Elevated Mercury Levels
"Brain Food: What Women Should Know About Mercury Contamination in Fish" Includes Expanded List of Fish to Avoid


WASHINGTON - Government recommendations for fish consumption could expose more than one in four expectant mothers - 1 million women - to enough mercury to put the health of their fetuses at risk, according to a new computer investigation released today by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG). "Brain Food: What Women Should Know About Mercury Contamination of Fish," examines widespread mercury contamination in fish species caught and sold commercially.

To protect public health the report recommends that pregnant women not eat any quantity of 13 types of fish, and strictly limit consumption of 10 others, including canned tuna. The report also asks government health authorities to test and track mercury levels in pregnant women - and to expand education for pregnant women about the hazards of mercury and how they can reduce their exposure.

"The government's recommendations are not grounded in reality. For example, they say the average woman can safely eat the equivalent of 76 cans of tuna during her pregnancy. In the real world, eating more than about one can of tuna a month during pregnancy is risky," said Jane Houlihan, EWG's Research Director.

"Women are faced with an unacceptable trade-off -- fish are a rich source of protein during pregnancy, but mercury pollution has made many types of fish a considerable health risk to their babies," said Jeremiah Baumann, environmental health advocate for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. "Our government agencies are not only failing to provide adequately protective warnings to expectant mothers, but are failing even to track human exposure to mercury and the developmental and learning problems that it causes."

Mercury is toxic to the developing fetal brain, and exposure in the womb can cause learning deficiencies and can delay mental development in children. A committee of the National Academy of Sciences recommended last year that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tighten its safety standards for mercury in fish. To date, the FDA has refused to adopt the panel's recommendations.

The analysis released today accounts for the real differences among American women and their risks from mercury exposure, rather than relying on a hypothetical "average." The information on mercury in people was combined with a one-of-a-kind EWG database on fish that contains 56,000 records of mercury test results in fish from seven different government sources. The EWG/PIRG report also reviews state governments' mercury advisories and finds that while some states are better than others, virtually none provides thorough protection for pregnant women.

FDA advises pregnant women and women considering pregnancy to eat 12 ounces of fish per week and to entirely avoid swordfish, shark, tilefish and king mackerel. However, this advice is based on calculations intended to protect a 150-pound man. Half of American women weigh less than that and a developing fetus is much more sensitive to the health impacts of mercury than a grown man.

The FDA recommendation also does not account for the mercury already present in a woman's body before she becomes pregnant. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently reported 10% of American women of childbearing age - some 7 million women - already have mercury in their blood at levels that the National Academy of Sciences considers potentially unsafe for the developing fetus. CDC's findings were issued two months after FDA's latest fish standards were announced. Read More....
EWG Report || Brain Food || Mercury in Seafood/Coal Power Plants

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